by Patrick McAnaney, DC Development Director, Somerset Development Company

Some DC tenants’ sustained nonpayment of rent is threatening the viability of a significant share of the District’s rental housing stock, as I wrote in June. Virtual tenant-landlord court, instituted during the pandemic, is the primary remaining obstacle to resolving this rent nonpayment crisis.

Although virtual court appears to increase access to the justice system, it’s actually leading to more evictions. A return to in-person court, paired with…

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https://ggwash.org/view/105179/how-virtual-court-crashed-dcs-rental-housing-market